A former manager and oil trader for Vitol Inc. accused of bribing foreign officials in Ecuador and Mexico lost his bid to dismiss portions of an allegedly “duplicitous” charge for money laundering.
The indictment in the US District Court for the Eastern District of New York alleges that Javier Alejandro Aguilar Morales conspired to bribe Ecuadorian officials to help Vitol secure financial benefits related to a deal between Petroecuador, a state-owned oil company, and a state-owned entity in the Middle East.
The challenged count permissibly charges a single, overarching conspiracy, not two separate crimes, Judge Eric N. Vitalianosaid.
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